Approaches in Alternative Medicine are diverse in their foundations and in their methodologies. Concerns about ,their ingredients dietary supplements, safety and claims are continually under scrutiny.

Some that are in the middle of this debate have the good of the consumer at heart.

In 2007 legislation for the industry was passed for every dietary supplements
company in the U.S. Now companies are required to have processes that
comply with U.S. dietary supplement Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs).
....... And that was a good thing for consumers.

All the good companies have always practiced GMPs and the bad ones will either shape up or go out of business.

Questionable Motives:

For some involved in the debates, a question arose
about their motives. Is it a matter of money? It has been reported that
the pharmaceutical companies invested huge sums of money into
developing drugs to treat symptoms.

As a result they have
created perpetual customers by treating symptoms instead of finding
cures. From a marketing stand point, they would then have life time
customers. If this is true in some cases, it's a bad business rational.
It's called greed.

Others try to destroy the
competition by discrediting good alternative therapies. They also try to
destroy good people and good companies. Some attacks on people are like
attacks seen in the political arena. Why do they always have to get
personal?

Practitioners on all sides range from being
sincere, well educated, and committed, to charlatans. There are bad in
every industry. But you have to ask yourself, what is the real motive
behind what people do or the products they sell?

To begin to answer that question,you have to know enough about the person,
company or product to be able to judge according to their fruits.

Whether Alternative Medicine or Conventional, study the results of the product. What are the side effects and the benefits.
For you body's sake you may want to consider natural whenever you can.

I know there are
smart doctors but the God the Creator of natral still knows best in my book.

Don't
automatically believe the worst of people. As the saying goes..., take everything you hear
or read with a grain of salt.
We live in a free country with freedom of speech. Nay sayers can pretty much
put their own spin on things and say what they want.

But there are also honest differences of opinion. Opponents of Alternative Medicine
call it unorthodox and say there is lack of evidence. But on the other
side of the debates researchers have noted that some alternative
therapies are in fact tested. And further point out that some research
suggests many mainstream medical techniques lack solid evidence.

Other
Researchers even oppose the grouping of complementary and alternative
medicine together. They would prefer to emphasize differences of
approach.

Alternative Medicine Debates Continues:

The Alternative and natural medicine debates continues to collides with the established conventional
therapies. Concerns like why are synthetic drugs with their side effects
legal but the herbal sources of the same active chemical are banned?

NCCAM
is the Federal Government's agency for scientific research on CAM.
NCCAM's mission is to explore complementary and alternative healing
practices in the context of rigorous science. They also train CAM researchers and distribute authoritative information to the public and professionals.

When
there is high-quality evidence of safety and effectiveness Integrative
medicine combines treatments from conventional and Alternative
therapies. Eventually as those therapies are proven to be safe and
effective they are slowly becoming adopted into conventional health
care.

Knowledge shall increase and new technologies are emerging. These are exciting times we live in.

A Word to the Entrepreneur

In any revolutionary industry there will always be
debates the wellness revolution is no exception. As in any business, there are pros and cons. If you are considering starting a business in the wellness industry from an entrepreneurial stand point you have to look at the business as a
whole. Look at both sides because there are two sides to every story .
You can learn from each what is good, avoid the mistakes of others.

When
it comes down to it you have to judge for yourself after weighing the
evidence. While considering alternative medicine as a business for your
economic prosperity you automatically judge weather or not it will be prosperous for you. But also consider as well those you will be serving. Serving others is a part of basic Christian
values where the golden rule applies.Treating others as you would like to be treated is another way of saying, love others as you love yourself.

For true success the ways of the kingdom of God apply in the business world also. If you are
considering a career in the wellness industry, here is some good advice....

Keep
your eye on the needs of other people and serve them to the best of your ability.